In Theaters: February 19, 2016

There were three wide releases last weekend and I totally didn't write anything about them last week.

But because I run this blog there will be absolutely no negative consequences for me for being so irresponsible.

The three were "Race", "Risen", and "The Witch".

Race is about Jesse Owens competing in the Berlin olympics when Hitler was in power, and throwing everything in Hitler's face.  You see, Hitler had a habit of mouthing off about how his white master race was better at everything, and he was gonna use the olympics to prove it.  Too bad for him Jesse Owens, a black man from the USA, broke just about every record he could have broken - and he did it right there in Berlin.

Risen is a christian film about Roman soldiers looking for the risen Jesus Christ.  This "manhunt" as the trailer calls it, is not biblical and therefore I know nothing about it.

The Witch is sorta looking like the scariest horror movie in many many years.  It's colonial America and your family has been kicked out of town.  Now you live by the edge of a forest that people say is haunted and stuff.  Before you know it your daughter is exhibiting strong signs of being a witch, and she's making a mess of things besides!  That's The Witch.

Race is rated PG-13 for thematic elements and language.

Risen is rated PG-13 for biblical violence including some disturbing images (even though this "manhunt" is never mentioned in the Bible).

The Witch is rated R for disturbing violent content and graphic nudity.


      Big Shot Critic